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[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's people's own fault for being surveilled? For being stalked with flock cameras, for example? Just withdraw your consent and everything's ok and capitalism collapses? If I'm incorrect in my interpretation of your words, please clarify, but in its current form I'm not challenged by it.

[–] alapakala@quokk.au -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It is precisely the fact people are not challenging surveillance, flock cameras, capitalism, and violators of consent that harassment like this is institutionalized. Violations don't occur overnight. It predates slowly, hunts, and makes itself systemic. Trump & MAGA are a symptom of systemic predation.

Now tell neighbors if they are ok being quartered by a predator. Because essentially, has been a predation paradise since forever.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That argument sounds an awful lot like: look at what she was wearing. Victim blaming is gross.

[–] alapakala@quokk.au 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Yet ⅓ of the population voted for the predators. That's grosser.